No foul play in death of woman in Millbury

Thursday

On Wednesday, Oct. 31, AT 9:24 p.m., the Millbury Police Department received a report that there was an unoccupied motor vehicle running in the back parking lot of Goretti’s Market on Providence Road.

According to a press release from the Millbury Police Department, upon arrival the responding officer discovered that the vehicle had been parked and running in the lot for an extended period of time. Additional officers were requested to check the immediate area for the female registered owner.

The Millbury Fire Department was also dispatcher and an extensive search along the banks of the Blackstone River in both directions was conducted with negative results, Millbury Police Chief Donald Desorcy said in the release. Due to the weather conditions and the unavailability of the Mass State Police Air Wing, the search was suspended until the morning of Nov. 1, when the search resumed at approximately 9 a.m.

Drones from the Sutton Fire and Oxford Police departments were deployed until the Mass State Police Air Wing arrived. At 10:58 a.m., the Air Wing located the victim in the river.

Millbury police identified the person as a white female from Millbury who was in her early 70s. Members of the Millbury Fire Department made the recovery. The State Medical Examiner’s office was notified and responded. The incident is still under investigation by the Millbury Police Department and State Police assigned to the District Attorney’s office.